Packing and storing vessel.



B. E. BYRD & W. M. FALLON.

PACKING AND STORING VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14,1911.

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PACKING AND $TORING VESSEL. APPLIUATION FILED 111 3.14, 1911.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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IBRITTON E. BYRD AND WILLIAM M. FALLON, OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

PACKING AND STORING VESSEL.

Carolina, have invented a new Packing and Storing Vessel, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improved cask that has been particularly designed for use in packing and storing and shipping tobacco.

In the tobacco industry, as at present generally practised, it is customary to prize the tobacco in casks of the ordinary stave built type, under hydraulic pressure. When the tobacco is shipped from one country to another it is usually. required that a certain per cent. of the. casks be opened and the contents thereof be weighed, tested and otherwise inspected for purpose of levyingcustoms, duties and thelike. This unpacking and repacking of the goods at the place of inspection is a long and tedious task, resulting not only in loss of time, but not infrequently resulting in injury to the tobacco in unpacking and repacking of same. Furthermore, owing to their weight the casks must be constructed heavy enough to withstand the hydraulic pressure used in pack-' ing. The freight or shipping charges on the packages are quite high and inasmuch as the casks upon arrival at their destination are frequently damaged in unpacking, and in view of the fact that the freight charges on the empty casks. when assembled are great, it is not customary to return the casks to the shipper for redemption and hence the value of the same is lost.

It is, therefore, one of the objects of our invention to provide a knock down cask so constructed as to be of less weight than the corresponding size wooden cask; easy to. put together and knock down; a cask that can be packed, knockeddown, in one set up, so that the casks may be .returnedto the shipping point at low freight charges and redeemed.

Another object is to provide a cask, that will be weatherproof, whereby when stored in the open and exposed to rain, snow and the like, the same will act as a water shed to prevent the contents oft-he cask becoming moistened.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 14, 1911.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Serial No. 621,167.

of as few parts as possible, while still maintaining sufficient strength and rigidity to serve its intended purposes' The cask which constitutes our invention in its gen- .eral nature consists generally of two half sections lap jointed along their longitudinal edges, and beaded around the head ends, the two half sections being held together. by external hoops that form runners upon which the cask and its contents maybe rolled; sheet material heads suitably 'stifi' ened, if desired; and an expansion ring for retaining the heads in the cask body and also for maintaining the cross sectional configuration of the cask at all times.

Our invention also includes those novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts all of which will be first fully described and then specificallyv pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l, is a perspective view of several casks as they are stored and exposed to the weather. Fig. 2, is a perspective View of one of the half sections. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective view of one of the expanding rings.

perspective views showing the method of packing the cask sections, heads, etc., for return shipment or for shipment from the factory to the place of use. Fig. 13, is an enlarged detail section showing the draining holes in the ends of the cask section.

' Fig. 14', is a detail cross section showing the jointbetween the two half sections.

.Referring to the drawings in which like numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, l designates. the v two cask half sections which are composed}; of sheet material and have semi-annular heads 2 at their ends, the beads being con cavo-conyex in cross section. Oneof the half sections 1 is provided with an outer and inner longitudinal strip 4-3, the two strips 3 and 41 being riveted at 5. to the longitudinal edges of one of the half sections 1 and provide channels 25 to receive the longitudinal edges of the other half section which is of identical form with the stripcarrying half section excepting that it carries" no strips 3and4.

6 designates the expanding which is I adapted to fit into the bead 2 and when exof a lever 8 which is pivotally connected at 9 .to one of the ring ends, a link 10 being pivoted at 12 to the lever 8 and at 11 to the other end ,of the ring 6, so that when the lever is moved in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3, the ends of. the ring will. be further separated at 7 thus expanding,.as it were, the ring. The rlng 6 is provided with a a hole14 and the lever 8 has a hole 13 hoop the drawings.

through which holes a seal15 may be passed to seal thecask, as best indicated in Fig. 1

of the drawings 16 designates a concavo-convex band that "is adapted to be secured aroundthe cask ends overthe beads 2 in a manner as will be hereinafter clear. The band or hoop 16 has pin holes 18 to receive the holding pin 19 that locks the ends vof the split band or together and also to receive pins 37 that. hold the contracting tool' 26 to the band while the band is being ,put on the cask or removed. v

17 designates a pair ofintermediate bands of concavo-convex form in cross section, the bands 17. being of greater depth. or size than the band 16 to form runners upon which the cask may be rolled. The band'17 iS'Of' the split type and is provide-d with pin holes 18 for-the pins 19 and 37 The band 17 as well as the band 16 is provided with flange portions 20 to contact the bodyof'the cask, the band 16 and the cask bodyadjacent to the outer side of the beads 2'are provided with draining apertures 21 to permit any water that may run into'the cavity of the beads 2 to drain out of the same when the casks are stored as indicated in Fig. 1 of In order to prevent water running into the cask through'the connection along the longitudinal edges ofthe sections, the strip carrymg section 1 has the outer strip 5 solgerid to the section as at 38, see Figs. 1 an 1 The covers 22 are in the nature of disks I and are provided with strengthening members 23 or 24, as may be found desirable.

In practice, when it is desired to set up a cask, the operator takes a pair of half sect1ons and pins their longitudinal edges as indicated in Fig. 14, after Which he puts the bands 17 and 16 in place. Each of the bands 17 and '16 are contracted onto the cask sections in the manner best illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings by reference to which it will be seen that when the band has been put around the cask loosely, a tool 26, shown best in Fig. 10, is put upon .band

37 to draw the ends 6f the'band toward one another to cause them to tightly grip the cask body with retaining friction until theproper pin holes 18 come into alinement, at which time a pin 19 is slipped into place as iron 29 having bifurcated ends 30 and 32 is pivoted at 31 to the lever 27 and receives an L-lever 35 to which it is pivotally connected at 33 the L-lever having a bifurcated end 36 section 34 which holds the upper end of the band down into contact with the lower end factory to the place where they are to be loaded in a knocked down condition. One ofthe'casks is set up, the heads only being omitted, after which the half sections of a dozen or more casks are telescopedfinto the set up cask, as indicated in Fig. 11, and thus form a convenient package for shipment. In a similar way the heads 22 and the rings 6 may be shipped in a cask and if desired a separate cask may be used for shipment of the rings 16 and 17 or they may be loaded v in with the heads 22 and rings 6, as may be found convenient.

When the-casks arrive at the loading place there is no crate to be wasted ordestroyed --as each part of the shipped package of casks I mav be utilized in building up casks into which the, tobacco is packed for shipment; similarly, after the casks arrive at their des- I tination, they may be knocked down and reshipped to the starting point for redemption and re-use. From the foregoing descriptlon, taken in connection with the accompanying drawmgs,

it is thought the complete construction, op-

eration and advantages will. be apparent to those skilled in the art.

What we claim, is:

1. A cask composed of a plurality of longitudinally divided sections havinginter locking longitudinal edges and having their Y ends provided with annular outwardly pro-. I

jecting beads,

bands or hoops fitted around said sections and around saidbeads on the 90 to straddle the loop-0f the .band and receive alholding pin 37. The lever 35 has a presser rings against them in place,

, outside of the same, expanding rings fitted on the inside of said sect-ions in the planes of said beads, means for expanding said rings against said section ends to retain and heads fitted into said sections and retained by said rings.

2. A cask composed of a plurality of longitudinally divided sections having interlocking longitudinal edges and having their ends provided with annular outwardly projecting beads, bands or hoops fitted around said sections and around said beads on the outside of the same, expanding rings fitted on the inside of said sections in the planes of said beads, means for expanding said said" section endsto retain them in place, and heads fitted into said sections and retained by said rings, and runner hoops contracted on the outside of said sections between the ends thereof. I

3. A cask composed of a plurality of longitudinally divided sections having inter- I locking longitudinal edges and having their with annular outwardly proends provided bandsor hoops fitted around jecting beads,

' saidsection and around said beads on the outside of the same, expanding rings fitted on the inside of said sections in the planes of said beads, means for expanding said rings against said section ends to retain them in place, and heads fitted into said sections and retained by said rings and annular hoops'removablv held with retaining friction on the outside of said sections around the same between the ends thereof.

4. A cask composed of two sheet material half sections longitudinally divided and having concavo-convex beads encircling the same adjacent to the ends of the sections, sheet material split hoops of substantially U-shape in cross section contractedly held by retaining friction around beads of said half sections to retain the sections in position relative to one another and thereby defining a cylinder, disk-like heads fitted into the ends of said cylinder, and expanding rings expandingly held in said cylinder'beads to retain; said heads'in position, said rings ineluding a split ring proper and a spreader connecting the ends thereof.

5. A cask composed f a plurality of part cylindrical sections longitudinally divided,

their longitudinal edges, ing outwardly projecting-endfbeads toleave means holding .said 5601710118 together along said sections hav;

internal grooves, bands contracted on the outslde of said sections around said' beads,

"disk like heads held in said sections, a vspht ring distinctfrom the headsheld in said and grooves to retain said heads, and means for expanding sald rlngs 1n sald grooves.

6. -A cask composed of a plurality of part-- cylindrical sections longitudinally divided, means securing said sections together along their longitudinal edges, said sections having outwardly projected end beads to leave internal grooves, bands contracted on the outside of said sections around said beads,

in said sections, a split disk like heads'held heads held in said ring distinct from the end grooves to retain said heads, expanding said rings in said grooves, and means cooperatively connecting. said ring with its expanding means for sealing the two together.

7. A knock-downcask composed of longitudinally divided sections, hoops contracted to hold them together to deon said sections said container fine a cylindrical container,

having an internal groove at each end and.

an external annular bead at each end, a split ring held in each of said internal grooves, a lever pivoted to saidring at one end and linked to'the, other end oi the same, and means for connecting said lever to said ring to seal the same together when said ring is expanded, and head disks retained in said container by said rings.

8. A cask including aplurality of longitudinallv divided part cylindrical section's, means for holding the longitudinaledges'of the sections in position, said sections having outwardly projecting beads encircling the same at the outer ends of the sections, split end bands contracted around said beads 'to retain said sections in their positions, means for removably connecting the ends of said split hands together, substantially shown and described.

9. A cask including a plurality of longitudinally divided means for holding the longitudinal edges of the sections in alinement, said sections having outwardly projecting beads encircling the same at the outer ends of the split end bands contracted and rempvably held around said beads to retain said sections in their positions, means for removably connecting the ends of said split bands together, expanding ri'ngs held In sa-1 d end beads and disk like heads retained in the sections by said expanding rings.

1 I BRITTON E. BYRD.

WILLIAM M. .FALLON.

Witnesses: J. B}. Mason,

and removably held.

sections,

means for part cylindrical sections,

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